That's ridiculous. I don't want to hear a damn thing about not being able to afford Jansen and then pony up for Otani next year. Between this and the post season income they should be bringing in damn near an extra 100M a year.

Yeah, my dad and uncle made bank off of their tickets this season; I kept warning them that something like this was gonna happen and they should have sold their tickets to the first WS game at Wrigley. Coulda probably paid for all of next season.

Yeah, after fees I'm guessing I was around 20% profit on the regular season games I sold on StubHub, and that doesn't factor in the early season games that I sold at or slightly below face value outside of StubHub.

I'm certainly not complaining. I went to a bunch of regular season games, 2 NLCS, and a World Series game, and still came out ahead for the year, but there's no way I could come close to 96% above face for the regular season.

Yeah, after fees I'm guessing I was around 20% profit on the regular season games I sold on StubHub, and that doesn't factor in the early season games that I sold at or slightly below face value outside of StubHub.

I'm certainly not complaining. I went to a bunch of regular season games, 2 NLCS, and a World Series game, and still came out ahead for the year, but there's no way I could come close to 96% above face for the regular season.

I'm skeptical too, but it's not about how much you got...it's about how much buyers paid.

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The Cubs’ transaction list under Epstein and Hoyer reads like a work of fiction, a wish-fulfillment list composed in hindsight.

"I'm sorry, folks outside of SEC country, but a few facts are incontrovertible. They smoke better barbecue than you. Their women are prettier than your women. They play football better than your schools play football." - Andy Staples, SI

The Logan wrote:Are there legal regulations season ticket holders have to abide by when selling their tickets online? Like if they sell online are they only legally allowed to do so through StubHub?

No, but I don't think there are any other good options.

Someone should make one.

P.S. I'm debating looking into making an online marketplace that puts sth in direct contact with buyers, not unlike something similar to Let go, but not app based, skipping the middle man. Lots of logistics, but it could be worth exploring.

The Logan wrote:Are there legal regulations season ticket holders have to abide by when selling their tickets online? Like if they sell online are they only legally allowed to do so through StubHub?

No, but I don't think there are any other good options.

Someone should make one.

P.S. I'm debating looking into making an online marketplace that puts sth in direct contact with buyers, not unlike something similar to Let go, but not app based, skipping the middle man. Lots of logistics, but it could be worth exploring.

Could you create a email group here? I would love to join as a buyer. No fees for either party If you get a group of say 20 people for example and the Reds are in town you could say I have 4 tickets in Sec XXX row XX $100 each Selling either 2 or 4 tickets

I happen to think my seats are some of the best value in the whole park (Terrace Reserved Preferred). On the regular season games I sold last year I would not be surprised one bit if the buyers paid on average double what I paid for the tickets.

My tickets went up like 12% or something like that. Don't have the exact numbers in front of me. I don't mind as I fully expect to make up that difference just from selling Opening Day and the ring ceremony Game #2. (I had planned on going to these, but my wife is due with our son the week before so that's not happening). Not to mention I sold one World Series game that will more than pay for my entire 2017 season ticket package.

My seats are UD midfield, 7 rows back. This year, I struggled to get face value at re-sale all season. Thinking about moving to the bleachers, as it seems these re-sell a lot better. People with bleachers or UD seats, what do you think? I'll typically go to 25% of the home games and sell the other 25% of my half-share.

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neely wrote:but in reality 2006 .3642007 .3512008 his one big year2009 .3472010 90 games played2011 .323 what do you call that?

Castro's Spray Chart wrote:My seats are UD midfield, 7 rows back. This year, I struggled to get face value at re-sale all season. Thinking about moving to the bleachers, as it seems these re-sell a lot better. People with bleachers or UD seats, what do you think? I'll typically go to 25% of the home games and sell the other 25% of my half-share.

I'm in the very front 200s and I struggled to get back face (after fees) for most of the first half of the season. In the second half it picked up and I was profiting nicely on weekend games, at least. Weeknights were still nothing to write home about.

Nevermind that the seats are basically the same as the back field boxes. People just don't realize it.

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The Cubs’ transaction list under Epstein and Hoyer reads like a work of fiction, a wish-fulfillment list composed in hindsight.

My tickets sold for almost exactly what they will cost in 2017, so almost 20% over face. I have the nights & weekends package in the bleachers.

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"I'm sorry, folks outside of SEC country, but a few facts are incontrovertible. They smoke better barbecue than you. Their women are prettier than your women. They play football better than your schools play football." - Andy Staples, SI

Castro's Spray Chart wrote:My seats are UD midfield, 7 rows back. This year, I struggled to get face value at re-sale all season. Thinking about moving to the bleachers, as it seems these re-sell a lot better. People with bleachers or UD seats, what do you think? I'll typically go to 25% of the home games and sell the other 25% of my half-share.

I'm in the very front 200s and I struggled to get back face (after fees) for most of the first half of the season. In the second half it picked up and I was profiting nicely on weekend games, at least. Weeknights were still nothing to write home about.

Nevermind that the seats are basically the same as the back field boxes. People just don't realize it.

If what you're saying here is that your seats are better than joe schmoe thinks they are because of their positioning, I'm riiiiiight there with you. Which is why I want to move to the bleachers. The rubes overpay for those, and when I want to go to a game to actually enjoy it, I'll swap them out for grandstands day of.

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neely wrote:but in reality 2006 .3642007 .3512008 his one big year2009 .3472010 90 games played2011 .323 what do you call that?

We tried to go nights and weekends to full season last year and they basically laughed in our fat faces. I don't think you'll be able to switch to bleachers unless there's a host of people that were just in it for the 1st WS.

SouthSideRyan wrote:We tried to go nights and weekends to full season last year and they basically laughed in our fat faces. I don't think you'll be able to switch to bleachers unless there's a host of people that were just in it for the 1st WS.

I wonder how limited they are on the allotment of bleacher season tickets anyway.

I read somewhere yesterday that the overall STH base is about 10k.

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The Cubs’ transaction list under Epstein and Hoyer reads like a work of fiction, a wish-fulfillment list composed in hindsight.

SouthSideRyan wrote:We tried to go nights and weekends to full season last year and they basically laughed in our fat faces. I don't think you'll be able to switch to bleachers unless there's a host of people that were just in it for the 1st WS.

You can't got back to nights and weekends from full season, either. Weird.

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neely wrote:but in reality 2006 .3642007 .3512008 his one big year2009 .3472010 90 games played2011 .323 what do you call that?